Exodus
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if you are in the top 30 contracted players for NRL you start at $140K AUD.
I would suggest if you're in the top 35 SR players you're on more than that, so not quite the league win one might think.
Per club.
That's the base for a Top grade player, according to the article.
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Fern tradition and all that, but fucking hell, have any of you fluffybunnies heard of archive?
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Fern tradition and all that, but fucking hell, have any of you fluffybunnies heard of archive?
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Fern tradition and all that, but fucking hell, have any of you fluffybunnies heard of archive?
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The money will tell the story in the end.
NRL players are starting at 140k; a SR average would be about 135k.
ABs would be on a lot more than that; some a lot, lot more.The ABs will always be mega; but the professional union game in NZ will (is) slowly get hollowed out by pro league.
It already has been in Aus.
And the pro women already seem to be league/union blending.At last count there were 160 NZ born players in the NRL.
I can remember when there would have been virtually none in the Sydney comp.
Important to note; that is more than one teams worth of enzeders.Ball in play was at 56 minutes for the NRL last season, a record.
I noticed also note that refs had been instructed to aim for 2 second play the balls last season as well. Probably why they hit a record.
Which is more than Soccer (55 mins of 90).
Union is at about 37 mins.
NFL is only about 11 mins (of 60)Marky Mark was a bit freaked at his first Roosters training season, and he was a sevens player, who I thought were fit. But not good enough for league.
In the end tho, he went just fine, and made the national team.
I think a lot of young union players will have taken note of that.After the Perth Bears and the PNG Chiefs have been bedded into the comp, there will be only one place left for the NRL to go.
I can see that brand spanking new stadium in Chch literally sucking an NRL franchise right in.The money will tell the story in the end.
NRL players are starting at 140k; a SR average would be about 135k.
ABs would be on a lot more than that; some a lot, lot more.The ABs will always be mega; but the professional union game in NZ will (is) slowly get hollowed out by pro league.
It already has been in Aus.It's to some extent fascinating that this is happening thirty years after rugby went pro because you would assume that would have given rugby a degree of insulation from league it did not have during the amateur era when people like Frano Botica could be signed by Wigan whilst on tour with the ABs.
I think the reverse has happened in England where league seems like it's in decline and rugby is in a stronger position in relative terms. The Ellery Hanley and Martin Offiah equivalents are more likely to be playing rugby these days, it would seem.
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Well worth a read.
Game is supposedly more interesting to younger players (ball in play etc.), pays more, and has an easier to understand pathway. According to the article, Super salaries have not grown since the early 2000s, while if you are in the top 30 contracted players for NRL you start at $140K AUD.
NZ Herald writing a pro league/anti rugby article, damn, who would have thought it. TBF, I don't have premium so wont be reading the article so my response is more to your synopsis of it.
Is league more interesting to younger players? There's roughly the same amount of teenage rugby players as there are total league players in the country, and some of that total includes players in the national schools comp held over a week or two, of which that might be the only league they play that year.
Do we know how much Super players earn, I highly doubt there'd be many main squad (which is the equivalent of the top 30) super players earning under $140 (I don't think the AUD is relevant, it requires a movement to a new country/sport in most cases).
The guys who go who have a decent-ish profile get hyped by the media, but that overlooks the ones who stay, even ones who were league players when younger.
You can use tools to read it, you know...
I don't want to paste in too much, as it would be better to actually read the article, but on the payment, here is what it says:
“You have provincial unions who offer development contracts. These can be anywhere from $1 to probably about $2500. The very upper end is $5000. And they effectively have the provincial union providing some infrastructure and high performance for these young men.
At entry level, the NRL offers more than twice what Super Rugby players earn.
Super Rugby franchises must pay their contracted players a minimum of $75,000 per year
On the interest in the sport thing, I don't believe a word of it, I think it is all about getting their bag as soon as possible with the easiest potential to get it.
You can use tools to read it, you know...
I don't tend to want to put in too much effort for the bollocks that comes out of the Herald, especially when it comes to league v rugby (and I'm probably one of the bigger league fans in this place), but I may check it out when I have some time later tonight.
At any rate, we'd really need to know exactly what a NZ player gets for 12 months of rugby to probably compare it with league, as in what's their combined SR (how many are actually on the minimum) and NPC, and any other teams they might feature in. I don't think those figures are easy to come by. I think that $75k is crazy low for a minimum in pro sport, but in the context of Oz and it's salaries $140k seems pretty crazy low too.
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@gt12 I posted the links about 20 times, and still every boomer retard would reply "paywall". Often when the archive link was in the same post ...
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You can use tools to read it, you know...
I don't tend to want to put in too much effort for the bollocks that comes out of the Herald, especially when it comes to league v rugby (and I'm probably one of the bigger league fans in this place), but I may check it out when I have some time later tonight.
At any rate, we'd really need to know exactly what a NZ player gets for 12 months of rugby to probably compare it with league, as in what's their combined SR (how many are actually on the minimum) and NPC, and any other teams they might feature in. I don't think those figures are easy to come by. I think that $75k is crazy low for a minimum in pro sport, but in the context of Oz and it's salaries $140k seems pretty crazy low too.
Yeah it'd be really good to know some real figures.
They don’t have to tell us who is getting what, but it'd be nice to know some averages and totals.I split the NPC maxs and minimums (we know those) and came up with $38,000.
Split the SR maxs and minimums and we come up with $135,000.
So if you play SR and NPC; add both together and you come up with $178,000.
Which kinda looks about right.If you are an AB you are on a lot more than that. Call ABs the max contractors.
The entry level NRL contract is $140,000.
The NRL average is somewhere north of $400,000 last time I looked.
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Yeah it'd be really good to know some real figures.
They don’t have to tell us who is getting what, but it'd be nice to know some averages and totals.I split the NPC maxs and minimums (we know those) and came up with $38,000.
Split the SR maxs and minimums and we come up with $135,000.
So if you play SR and NPC; add both together and you come up with $178,000.
Which kinda looks about right.If you are an AB you are on a lot more than that. Call ABs the max contractors.
The entry level NRL contract is $140,000.
The NRL average is somewhere north of $400,000 last time I looked.
A top NRL player and a top AB would be on similar money.It would be fascinating to find out what the average player is getting, because I bet that the guys getting going aren’t on that. Some of the guys with media connections may be able to fill in the gaps, for if you are on a wider training contract and how that fits with NPC.
The fact that we are guessing while the NRL seems relatively clear says something though…
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For the technically challenged https://archive.li/OZKhw
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It would be fascinating to find out what the average player is getting, because I bet that the guys getting going aren’t on that. Some of the guys with media connections may be able to fill in the gaps, for if you are on a wider training contract and how that fits with NPC.
The fact that we are guessing while the NRL seems relatively clear says something though…
It would be fascinating to find out what the average player is getting, because I bet that the guys getting going aren’t on that. Some of the guys with media connections may be able to fill in the gaps, for if you are on a wider training contract and how that fits with NPC.
The fact that we are guessing while the NRL seems relatively clear says something though…
But neither are these young guys going to league, they're not going straight into the Top 30, they're going into age grade or reserve grade so we're not really clear on them at that stage either.
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For the technically challenged https://archive.li/OZKhw
@bayimports said in Exodus:
For the technically challenged https://archive.li/OZKhw
Cheers, don't know why it wasn't working for me. Likely user error. :face_with_tears_of_joy:
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The money will tell the story in the end.
NRL players are starting at 140k; a SR average would be about 135k.
ABs would be on a lot more than that; some a lot, lot more.The ABs will always be mega; but the professional union game in NZ will (is) slowly get hollowed out by pro league.
It already has been in Aus.It's to some extent fascinating that this is happening thirty years after rugby went pro because you would assume that would have given rugby a degree of insulation from league it did not have during the amateur era when people like Frano Botica could be signed by Wigan whilst on tour with the ABs.
I think the reverse has happened in England where league seems like it's in decline and rugby is in a stronger position in relative terms. The Ellery Hanley and Martin Offiah equivalents are more likely to be playing rugby these days, it would seem.
I do find it fascinating.
Initially it did insulate rugby union a little when they went pro; even had some players going the other way which could not have happened in the amateur era.
But a lot has changed in the last 30 years.In this part of the world rugby union has maintained its edge over rugby league from an international aspect, but in terms of the domestic pro game, rugby union has been blown out of the water in Australia.
And I think the pressure is going to build in the next 10 to 20 years on domestic pro rugby union in NZ.If you'd told me 30 years ago that three Nelson College potentials were going over to league . . . yeah . . . nah.
And the reverse has happened in England, the other rugby league stronghold.
I think it was a critical mass type thing.
While rugby league had dominance over union in Australia, that was not the case in England.
While being amateur, rugby union was still the dominant rugby code in England.Most people dont realise how much trouble English rugby league is in rn.
They are a basket case, kinda like Australian rugby union.
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So after reading it, it's just a typical Herald league v rugby article
The whole article is predicated on players from the same school. We all know there's a problem in Ta$man and it's all @Chris-B's fault.
It constantly mentions the NRL contract when the next paragraph references guys going in on lower grade contracts.
It also mentions Leka as to how the pathway is so good because he's had contract increases, most young players don't have his sort of meteoric rise.
As it stands, the professional rugby league options available to NZ’s best and brightest young players far outweigh the equivalent in rugby union. There are six Super Rugby franchises based in NZ. Playing anywhere else makes them ineligible for the All Blacks and the bumper payday that comes with the black jersey.
By comparison, there are 17 NRL clubs. For now.This is odd, as playing NRL makes them ineligible for the All Blacks too, and if they're good enough they can make a bumper payday in the NH too. (Also, my technical brain seems to be getting worse, now I can't remember how to do quotes.)
Perkins will start in the SG Ball competition (under-19s) while Inch and Saumaki will get their first taste in Jersey Flegg (under-21s). The next step from there is the New South Wales Cup (reserve grade) before becoming fully-fledged first-grade players.
Is this really that much different than U20s, NPC and then Super?
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Watched an interview a few weeks ago.
Andrew Seibold.
He was commenting on a trip to Christchurch. Not sure why he was there; but we can easily guess.
He thought he would be completely anonymous.
But he was blown away by people recognising him in the street, and wanting to have a chat.
Who'd of thought, Christchurch, rugby league heartland . . . well . . . maybe not yet. -
Well worth a read.
Game is supposedly more interesting to younger players (ball in play etc.), pays more, and has an easier to understand pathway. According to the article, Super salaries have not grown since the early 2000s, while if you are in the top 30 contracted players for NRL you start at $140K AUD.
Well worth a read.
Interesting article (luckily, I was able to push through after reading “teenage rugby prodigy Tom Perkins” in the very first sentence). The thing that struck me the most – I don’t know nearly enough about the financial part of the game to get into that – was the way Perkins was described as a player, both by himself and by others.
“I think it fits my skill set a lot ... better. [...] A lot more running with the ball, a lot more aerial work, which I think fits my game a lot better as well.” (Perkins) “I think he’s more athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul, to be fair. He’s well put together. He moves well, beautiful balance.” (Peter O’Sullivan, Newcastle Knights scout)
“More athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul” is a genuinely crazy statement. One of the first things you notice when watching Perkins is that his footwork isn’t really explosive enough, especially when moving laterally. To me, that was a sign he would eventually become more of an undersized lock at the next level or, at best, a tight-playing blindside (where he would need to improve his physicality).
I’m sure O’Sullivan doesn’t himself believe what he said there but it’s easy to see how statements like that can get into a young player’s head. But, for those young players to succeed, I think they need to know and understand their own game, their own strengths and weaknesses. And I’m not sure that is the case for Perkins, at least not on the basis of this article.
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Well worth a read.
Interesting article (luckily, I was able to push through after reading “teenage rugby prodigy Tom Perkins” in the very first sentence). The thing that struck me the most – I don’t know nearly enough about the financial part of the game to get into that – was the way Perkins was described as a player, both by himself and by others.
“I think it fits my skill set a lot ... better. [...] A lot more running with the ball, a lot more aerial work, which I think fits my game a lot better as well.” (Perkins) “I think he’s more athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul, to be fair. He’s well put together. He moves well, beautiful balance.” (Peter O’Sullivan, Newcastle Knights scout)
“More athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul” is a genuinely crazy statement. One of the first things you notice when watching Perkins is that his footwork isn’t really explosive enough, especially when moving laterally. To me, that was a sign he would eventually become more of an undersized lock at the next level or, at best, a tight-playing blindside (where he would need to improve his physicality).
I’m sure O’Sullivan doesn’t himself believe what he said there but it’s easy to see how statements like that can get into a young player’s head. But, for those young players to succeed, I think they need to know and understand their own game, their own strengths and weaknesses. And I’m not sure that is the case for Perkins, at least not on the basis of this article.
@Mauss Kai Pearce-Paul was hyped to be the English SBW by media and Super League fans and seeing a few of his games over the last few years, I'm yet to see the hype around him.
